Product Designer
Location: US, TX, Austin
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Function: Design

Company profile:
TrendKite helps PR professionals and agencies build a timely, highly accurate picture of their brands' media coverage with ease. We are using the latest technologies to transform how companies like BP, Nikon, H&amp;R Block, Campbell’s Soup, and WPP measure the impact of earned media. We are a venture backed, high traction startup that is disrupting a huge existing market.TrendKite believes strongly that bringing on the best people will build the best company. To do that we make sure we offer a great environment. Our office is located in the heart of downtown Austin in one of the city’s coolest and most historic buildings. As a company we work hard, play harder, and do our best to stay actively involved in the community.We all enjoy a great cup of coffee (great high-end espresso equipment in the office), a great tasting craft beer, and great music and incorporate all three into our work activities. Enjoy doing stuff outside of the office? Great, us too! We do our best to maintain a really good life/work balance.All TrendKite employees receive full health benefits and get to enjoy our vacation policy – there is no policy.

Job description:
Join Our TeamTrendKite helps PR professionals and agencies build a timely, highly accurate picture of their brands' media coverage with ease. We are using the latest technologies to transform how companies like Snapchat, Zendesk, Pinterest, and Trulia measure the impact of earned media. We are a venture backed, high traction startup that is disrupting a huge existing market.We are looking for a Product Designer to join our growing product team. In this role you'll be in charge of driving all things design at TrendKite. The ideal candidate will have experience designing SaaS products in every phase of the product lifecycle - from translation of story boards to wire framing sketches to developing low fidelity mockups to building prototypes to developing pixel perfect comprehensive design.About YouYou are a craftsman and an apprentice at the same time.  You have a solid understanding and experience in visual design, information architecture, interaction design, usability and accessibility.  You think from a user centric view every time.  You are not afraid to challenge the norm, create multiple problem-solution scenarios, approach design as an iterative process and think strategically, yet execute blazing fast in the present. You understand what it takes to work in a fast paced startup in a collaborative environment.  You know how design works in an agile software development process. You can work with engineers, product managers, marketers and executives from concept to production. You have empathy for users, fluency in design and humility as a guiding force to get work done. You are a tinkerer, a maker and learning is one of your top 5 strengths.  Design is your passion and not your 9-5 job.  You have a natural appreciation for the aesthetic beauty around you.  You see beauty in bezier curves, polyhedrons, and fractals. You understand behavioral psychology, the power of habits, and how users get hooked to products. You know Apple's New Product Process (ANPP) but you are constantly thinking how to apply the spirit of it in a fast paced startup which doesn't have the luxury of time or brand recognition (yet).  You have interests outside of product design that keep your curiosity in high drive. The OpportunityYou have an incredible opportunity to make a massive impact on organizations ranging from Fortune 100’s to small non-profits. You will be designing a beautiful, habit forming product that PR professionals from the world’s best companies will be interacting with on a daily basis to measure and magnify the impact of their PR.  CEO’s from the world’s most impactful companies will be touching, tapping and clicking the icons, the buttons, and the interactions you create.  You'll be able to set the design direction, potentially build out the design group and bring innovative ideas to action in a multi device environment.  It's never been a better time to be a designer, work at a startup, and work with people that care deeply about design - at TrendKite you get all three at the same time! TrendKite is game changing software for companies. Our office is located in the heart of downtown Austin (8th and Congress) in one of Austin’s most unique and oldest buildings. We have an incredible team of passionate and talented people and have an incredible culture of people who love to continuously learn and grow.  Come work here and make difference in the way the world’s best companies manage their PR.Our CultureTrendKite believes strongly that bringing on the best people will build the best company. To do that we make sure we offer a great environment. Our office is located in the heart of downtown Austin in one of the city’s coolest and most historic buildings. As a company we work hard, play harder, and do our best to stay actively involved in the community.We all enjoy a great cup of coffee (great high-end espresso equipment in the office), a great tasting craft beer, and great music and incorporate all three into our work activities. Enjoy doing stuff outside of the office? Great, us too! We do our best to maintain a really good life/work balance.All TrendKite employees receive full health benefits and get to enjoy our vacation policy – there is no policy.

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in visual arts, information design, industrial design, HCI or related fieldProduct design experience of 3 years or more at a Startup, Enterprise Software company or a mobile app companyFluency in Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, CSS, Keynote, responsive design, wireframing tools like Azure XP, OmnigraffleA proven track record in designing beautiful, usable software productsExcellent verbal, written, sketching, critical thinking skillsMust be a US citizen or permanent resident.

Benefits:
We Offer:Competitive SalaryStock OptionsFree ParkingTeam EventsGenerous PTOMedical, Dental &amp; Vision for you and your family. Employee premiums covered 100% and dependents 50%